Improvement in woven endless belts



PATENTED OCT. 22, 1861.

S. BAKER.

LAPPING.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE.

sETH W. BAKER, 'oF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

lMPROVEMENT IN WOVEN ENDLESS BELTS.

- Specification lforming part of Letters Patent No. 33,5I0, dated October 22. 1861.

l To all whom it may concern:

'Be .itknown that I, SETH NV. BAKER, of Providence, in the county 5f Providence and State. of Rhode Island, have invented cer tain new andiusetnl Improvements in the AManufacture of Endless Belts, Lapping, duel;

and I do hereby declare that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanyin g drawings hereinafter'referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the natureand principles of my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished `from all 'others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

The-figures of the accompanying plateo'f..

drawings represent'my improrements- `Figure l is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a.

section, longitudinal, through one'joint.'

3 is a sectional view showing my. improve ments, &c.

My improvements are made npon aknid.

of machine belts or bands which are composed Y of a thick fabric composed of several thickbeen experienced in' uniting the ends of so- -thick a fabric in order to forni it into an end..

less' belt or band, as if the ends are lapped -one Over the other too elumsya joint orseain is produced. to allow of its smooth running over pulleys, and if the ends are simpiy but'-` ted together-they soon pull apart and require I frequent tightening.

By the-present invention the en dsof a thick woven-fabric can be so united toeach other as to form a smooth, even, and strong joint without any perceptible seam or break,where 'by it can be adapted to the makingzof endi less bands for machinery to' a-newlapping used in machines for printing textile fabrics, for which I have made application for separate Letters Patents and to various other usef f ful purposes.

The Inode by which my invention'inay be practically carried into etfect I will next pro`- ceed to describe in detail.- .'The weven fabric Which prefer to use is that made under the Lett-ers latent o t the United States `granted to John Y Gujer, bearing date May 18, 1858, and numbered 20,267, and fully described in the schedule annexed tothe same. Theband or belt may be formed of' one thick abric, or may consistot' two or more thicknesses united by rubber or other-cement or by a thin sheet of rubber or gotta-perche.- One or both .of

lits surfaces and its edges (with the exception of the portions that are to forml the joint, 'as will be hereinafter explained) may be covered or coated -with india-rubber or guttapcrcha in order to form a smoothrunning surface in any proper manner. The ends of the belt aret-heu united, so as to make a strong lap 'without any perceptible seam or joint, as follows: I take such a woven fabric as is composedof severalticrsot' -iilling-threads interwoven Y :with the warp-threads.v I then cut a snvcient number of the Warp-threads to liberateAv the first tier of filling-threads, being the portilling-threadswhich forms a second edge,

b b, Figs. 2 and'. The remaining surface is then reduced in a similar manner by' taking outthe third -tier of .illng-threads, and this maybe continued at pleasure until the fab- ,ric isbronght down -to its thinnest edge or so as to leave any edge composed.l of but one tier ot filling-threads interwoven withthe warp. `Two beveled or scarped laps `thus made are then put together` by means of rubbei' or other cement, bysewing, or in any Aother suitable' manner, and form a lap-joint c c, Figs. 2and 3, of great strength'and showingno perceptible seam.

I would here observethat I do 'not c onne rmyselt--to the-adaptation of this my inven' instances it is important to unite the ends of certain fabrics for the purpose of merely increasing the length or width of the material without forming a seam or ridge at the juncture of the parts.

. Having thus described `my invention and lthe manner n-'whchfthe same is or may be' when finished' ne' perceptible seam avt-their carried into effect, I shall state my claim as lap `or juncture. follows: -1

The mode herein described of formingmid 's'. W' BAKER uniting the ends of belts er bands or of other Witnesses:

thick material composed of thick' Woven fabf ,JOSEPH CYKAVETT,

ric, as herein specified, whereby they present; ALBERT-W. BROWN." 

